Lee wrote: > > Okay, I'm not the brightest lightbulb in the pack, but I > thought I knew the > difference between an install and an upgrade. > > I attempted to upgrade 8.2 to 9.1rc3 (I know, everyone said > don't do it) but > that's just me. Then I booted and stalled on kernel panic. > > Since I had no idea what to do next I rebooted on the CD and > chose install, > thinking I could look forward to a couple of months of > rebuilding all of my > 'stuff'. > > When I rebooted, everything I had done over the past 2 years > was there, but > better. I am totally amazed. > > Question is, "What did I do right"? Why was I not stuck putting mail > addresses and everything else back together again? > > Lee
9.1 defaults to leaving /home alone and formatting the rest, preserving your settings and personal data. Handy, isn't it?
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